2010年2月8日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Top Asian policeman jailed for attacking Iraqi (AFP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 04:15 PM PST

Senior Metropolitan Police official Ali Dizaei, seen here in 2009, was sentenced to four years in jail for assaulting a man and trying to falsely accuse him in a spat over money.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - The country's most senior Asian police officer was sentenced to four years in jail on Monday for attacking a man and trying to frame him in a petty row over money.

British soldier killed in Afghanistan, toll passes Falklands (AFP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 02:27 PM PST

British soldiers in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan. A bomb disposal expert was killed Monday by an explosion in Afghanistan, pushing Britain's death toll in the conflict above that of the 1982 Falklands war, defence officials said.(AFP/File/John D McHugh)AFP - A bomb disposal expert was killed Monday by an explosion in Afghanistan, pushing Britain's death toll in the conflict above that of the 1982 Falklands war, defence officials said.

Britain hits grim milestone before major attack (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 01:55 PM PST

A U.S. soldier of the 4th Battalion, 23th Infantry Regiment, 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, test-fires his M-4 rifle at a range in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Three British soldiers have died in southern Afghanistan, officials announced Monday, raising Britain's death toll in the conflict to 256 — breaking the number of Britons lost in the Falklands war of 1982.

UK's Iraq inquiry turns focus to Bush officials (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 01:18 PM PST

British Justice Secretary, Jack Straw, arrives at Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, to give evidence before the Iraq Inquiry, which is investigating the circumstances surrounding British involvement in the Iraq war. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - Britain's inquiry into the Iraq war will seek meetings with former members of the Bush administration after taking evidence from Tony Blair and other key British officials, the panel's chairman said Monday.

Two jailed over Dalglish grenade plot (AFP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 12:08 PM PST

A court jailed two men on Monday for leaving a live grenade outside the home of former Liverpool and Scotland footballer Kenny Dalglish, seen here in 2009(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - A court jailed two men on Monday for leaving a live grenade outside the home of former Liverpool and Scotland footballer Kenny Dalglish.

Russian tycoon sues over Litvinenko murder claim (AFP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 11:01 AM PST

Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky, seen here arriving at the High Court in central London, launched a libel action on Monday over a claim he was behind the murder of former spy Alexander Litvinenko by radioactive poisoning in 2006.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - Exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky launched a libel action on Monday over a claim he was behind the murder of former spy Alexander Litvinenko by radioactive poisoning in 2006.

FTSE 100 shares end stronger (AFP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 09:11 AM PST

The London stock market ended in the black after sharp falls last week caused by mounting debt fears in Europe.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - The London stock market ended in the black on Monday after sharp falls last week caused by mounting debt fears in Europe.

UK's Brown vows more cancer care as race heats up (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 08:39 AM PST

AP - You know an election is coming when British politicians suddenly promise sweeping improvements to the National Health Service, a simultaneous source of national pride and worry.

Senior Met official Dizaei jailed for corruption (AFP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 08:30 AM PST

Senior Metropolitan Police official Ali Dizaei, seen here in 2009, was sentenced to four years in jail for assaulting a man and trying to falsely accuse him in a spat over money.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - A senior official at the Metropolitan Police was on Monday sentenced to four years in jail for assaulting a man and trying to falsely accuse him in a spat over money.

Iran to cut ties with British Museum over loan (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 07:46 AM PST

In this undated photo released by The British Museum Monday Feb. 8, 2010 is seen the Cyrus Cylinder, a 6th century B.C. clay tablet which is thought to be the world's earliest bill of rights. Iran said it will cut ties with the British Museum Monday because of the museum's failure to lend Tehran the ancient Babylonian artifact. (AP Photo/British Museum)AP - Iran said it will cut ties with the British Museum on Monday because of the museum's failure to lend Tehran an ancient Babylonian artifact described as the world's earliest bill of rights.

Nine bananas a day keeps PM's poll blues at bay? (AFP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 07:21 AM PST

Election fever is mounting and Prime Minister Gordon Brown, pictured, is preparing himself for the campaign trail by eating up to nine bananas a day, the Sun has reported.(AFP/File/JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN)AFP - Election fever is mounting and Prime Minister Gordon Brown is preparing himself for the campaign trail by eating up to nine bananas a day, a report said on Monday.

ITV fined £1,600 for cruelty over 'rat risotto' (AFP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 06:47 AM PST

ITV has been fined £1,670 for cruelty to animals over an episode of AFP - ITV has been fined £1,670 for cruelty to animals over an episode of "I'm A Celebrity.. " which saw contestants kill and eat a rat, a spokesman said on Monday.

British comic actor Ian Carmichael dies at 89 (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 05:01 AM PST

AP - British actor Ian Carmichael, one of the stars of "I'm All Right Jack" and other comedies, has died at age 89.

UK Afghan death toll matches Falklands loss (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 04:24 AM PST

An Argentine army officer walks next to a British war plane that was shot down during the Falklands War in a May 1982 file photo. REUTERS/Eduardo FarreReuters - The death of two British soldiers, reported on Monday, means that as many British troops have been killed in Afghanistan as during the war to recapture the Falklands Islands from Argentina 28 years ago.

Temperatures set to plunge as cold snap returns (AFP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 03:16 AM PST

Cracks on the frozen Lake of Menteith in Stirlingshire, Scotland last month. Temperatures are set to plummet well below freezing as another cold snap hits most of the country, with snow expected to hit the southeast later this week, forecasters have said.(AFP/File/Derek Blair)AFP - Temperatures are set to plummet well below freezing as another cold snap hits most of the country, with snow expected to hit the southeast later this week, forecasters said on Monday.

Santander mulls flotation of UK arm (AFP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 02:30 AM PST

A man withdraws cash from a Santander branch in Madrid. Spain's biggest bank Santander is considering floatations in Britain and the United States following an initial public offering of its Brazilian business last year, the Financial Times has reported.(AFP/File/Pedro Armestre)AFP - Spain's biggest bank Santander is considering floatations in Britain and the United States following an initial public offering of its Brazilian business last year, the Financial Times reported on Monday.

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